INTEGRATED OR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SATELLITE-TERRESTRIAL FREQUENCY REUSE USING SIGNAL ATTENUATION AND/OR BLOCKAGE, DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT OF FREQUENCIES AND/OR HYSTERESIS
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1. A cellular communications system, comprising:
- a space based system for providing communications using a first air interface and a first portion of a satellite frequency band; and
a ground based system for providing communications using a second air interface and a second portion of the satellite frequency band, wherein the space based and ground based systems are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween.
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Abstract
A cellular communications system comprising a space based system comprising a first set of cells, and a ground based system comprising a second set of cells The space and ground systems can optionally function substantially autonomously, with each using spectrum from at least one predetermined frequency band.
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1. A cellular communications system, comprising:
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a space based system for providing communications using a first air interface and a first portion of a satellite frequency band; and
a ground based system for providing communications using a second air interface and a second portion of the satellite frequency band, wherein the space based and ground based systems are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of communicating using a cellular communications system, the method comprising:
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communicating with a space based system using a first air interface and a first portion of a satellite frequency hand; and
communicating with a ground based system using a second air interface and a second portion of the satellite frequency band, wherein the space based and ground based systems are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. A method of providing wireless communications using a satellite frequency band, wherein frequencies of the satellite frequency band are used by a space based system and a ground based system that are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween, the method comprising:
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configuring a satellite spot beam, associated with the space based system;
configuring a terrestrial cell, associated with the ground based system, that at least partially geographically overlaps the satellite spot beam;
determining a channel availability autonomously by the ground based system; and
assigning to a subscriber terminal a communications channel of the ground based system responsive to the channel availability that is determined autonomously by the ground based system. - View Dependent Claims (82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104)
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105. A system configured to provide wireless communications using a satellite frequency band, wherein frequencies of the satellite frequency band are used by a space based system and a ground based system that are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween, the system comprising:
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at least one satellite spot beam, associated with the space based system; and
at least one terrestrial cell, associated with the ground based system, that at least partially geographically overlaps the at least one satellite spot beam;
wherein a channel availability is autonomously determined by the ground based system and a channel is assigned to a subscriber terminal that is within the at least one terrestrial cell, responsive to the channel availability that is autonomously determined by the ground based system. - View Dependent Claims (106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128)
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129. A method of wirelessly communicating using a space based system and/or a ground based system that provide wireless communications using frequencies of at least one satellite frequency band and are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween, the method comprising:
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establishing a service region associated with a cell of the ground based system;
the cell having at least partial overlapping geographic coverage with a satellite spot beam of the space based system;
determining by the ground based system and/or the space based system substantially autonomously a channel availability; and
assigning preferentially a communications channel associated with the ground based system to a subscriber terminal that is within the cell. - View Dependent Claims (130)
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- 131. A system configured to provide wireless communications using a space based system and/or a ground based system that provide wireless communications using frequencies of at least one satellite frequency band and are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween, wherein the system comprises at least one cell of the ground based system having at least partial overlapping geographic coverage with at least one satellite spot beam of the space based system, and wherein the ground based system and/or the space based system is/are configured to determine a channel availability substantially autonomously and to preferentially assign a communications channel associated with the ground based system to a subscriber terminal that is within the at least one cell.
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133. A method of wirelessly communicating using a space based system and/or a ground based system that provide communications using frequencies of at least one satellite frequency band and are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween, the method comprising:
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establishing a service region associated with a satellite spot beam of the space based system having at least partial overlapping geographic coverage with at least one cell of the ground based system;
determining by the ground based system and/or the space based system substantially autonomously a channel availability; and
assigning preferentially a communications channel associated with the space based system to a subscriber terminal that is within the satellite spot beam. - View Dependent Claims (134)
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- 135. A system configured to provide wireless communications using a space based system and/or a ground based system that provide wireless communications using frequencies of at least one satellite frequency band and are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween, wherein the system comprises at least one cell of the ground based system having at least partial overlapping geographic coverage with at least one satellite spot beam of the space based system, and wherein the ground based system and/or the space based system is/are configured to determine a channel availability substantially autonomously and to preferentially assign a communications channel associated with the space based system to a subscriber terminal that is within the at least one satellite spot beam.
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137. A method of establishing communications between a terminal and a hybrid communications system comprising a space based system and a ground based system;
- the space based and ground based systems providing wireless communications using respective first and second sets of frequencies of at least one satellite frequency band while being configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween;
the method comprising;
transmitting a signal by a terminal to the hybrid communications system;
determining by the hybrid communications system based on at least the transmitted signal an identity of the terminal; and
assigning to the terminal a communications channel responsive to the identity of the terminal.
- the space based and ground based systems providing wireless communications using respective first and second sets of frequencies of at least one satellite frequency band while being configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween;
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138. A hybrid communications system comprising a space based system and a ground based system;
- wherein the space based and ground based systems are configured to provide wireless communications using respective first and second sets of frequencies of at least one satellite frequency band while being configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween;
wherein the hybrid communications system is configured to determine an identity of a terminal from at least a signal transmitted by the terminal and to assign to the terminal a communications channel responsive to the identity of the terminal.
- wherein the space based and ground based systems are configured to provide wireless communications using respective first and second sets of frequencies of at least one satellite frequency band while being configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween;
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139. A cellular wireless communications system, comprising:
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a space based system configured to provide down link communications using down link frequencies of a satellite frequency band and/or to provide up link communications using up link frequencies of a satellite frequency band; and
a ground based system configured to provide down link communications using up link frequencies of a satellite frequency band and/or to provide up link communications using down link frequencies of a satellite frequency band, wherein the space based and ground based systems are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween.
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140. A cellular wireless communications method, comprising:
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providing space based communications using a space based system that is configured to provide down link communications using down link frequencies of a satellite frequency band and/or to provide up link communications using up link frequencies of a satellite frequency band; and
providing ground based communications using a ground based system that is configured to provide down link communications using up link frequencies of a satellite frequency band and/or to provide up link communications using down link frequencies of a satellite frequency band, wherein the space based and ground based systems are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween.
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141. A wireless communications system comprising:
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a space based system configured to provide wireless communications using a first set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band over a first service region; and
a terrestrially based system configured to provide wireless communications using a second set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band over a second service region that at least partially overlaps geographically with the first service region;
wherein the space based and terrestrially based systems are configured to function substantially autonomously therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147)
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148. A method for providing wireless communications, the method comprising:
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configuring a space based system to provide wireless communications using a first set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band over a first service region; and
configuring a terrestrially based system to provide wireless communications using a second set of frequencies of a satellite frequency band over a second service region that at least partially overlaps geographically with the first service region; and
configuring the space based and terrestrially based systems to function substantially autonomously therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154)
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